The Birds

1963. USA. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette, Jessica Tandy. One of Hitchcock’s late masterpieces blazed a new technological trail through the contributions of Albert Whitlock and Ub Iwerks. The film represents a kind of summing-up of the director’s view on the fragility of the human condition. In a sardonic touch, of which the Master of Suspense would likely have approved, the first screening has been scheduled to commemorate the 163rd anniversary of the death of John James Audubon. 120 min.

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